HABU selected Yokofudori as the opening of this game and WATANABE accepted it . HABU made his form MATSUO ryu Go-Ni Gyoku gata NAKAHARA gakoi and positioned his Rook on 8d . WATANABE made Nakazumai Gyoku + Kin biraki form , a popular reply in Yokofudori game .

Sep 21, 2011

21:56 P.M. (JST) , 20 September 2011 , after 106 moves , WATANABE won the 2nd game of this match . The score of this match becomes "HABU 0 --- 2 WATANABE" . Then WATANABE needs only 1 more win to get the Oza title . In the other hand , HABU needs 3 continuous wins without any other loses to defend his title .

HABU selected Aigakari as the opening of this game and WATANABE accepted it . After the 2nd file Pawn exchange , HABU backed his Rook with 6.R-2f and advanced the right Silver to make Nakahara ryu San-Nana Gin senpou attacking form .

WATANABE exchanged the Bishops with 14...Bx8h+ and made Koshikakegin form with 17...S-5d to defend .

HABU jumped both Knight to prepare attacking and WATANABE dropped a Bishop with 22...B*5d threatening the Knights' head .

Sep 20, 2011

The 2nd game of the Oza sen title match between HABU Yoshiharu and WATANABE Akira has just started 9:00 A.M. (JST) , 20 September 2011 at Westin Miyako Hotel Kyoto , Sanjo, Keage, Higashiyama-ku , Kyoto city ,Kyoto .

11:09 P.M. (JST) , 12 September 2011 , after 134 moves , MARUYAMA won the last game of the Ryuo sen challenger deciding match . Then MARUYAMA becomes the challenger of the 24th Ryuo sen 7 games title match .

The 1st game of the 24th Ryuo sen title match will start 9:00 A.M. (JST) , 13 October 2011 at Hohoemino Yado Takinoyu , Tendo city , Yamagata .

HIROSE ranged his Rook with 2.R-6h making a Shiken Bisha form , his favorite style . After closing the Bishop line with 3.P-6f , HIROSE moved up his King with 4.K-4h to start making his Kakoi .

HABU also moved up his King with 5...K-4b to make a Kakoi . HIROSE moved up his right Lance with 8.L-1h to make an Anaguma gakoi , and HABU also seemed to start making an Ibisha Anaguma with 8...B-3c .

WATANABE selected Kakugawari as the opening of this game and HABU accepted it . The game naturally advanced a typical line of Kakugawari Koshikakegin .

HABU moved up his left Silver with 18...S-3c without jumping right Knight and avoid the position of Kakugawari Koshikakegin doukei . WATANABE slid his Rook with 19.R-4h and jumped the right Knight with 21.N-2e to start attacking HABU's camp .

Replying HABU's 5th file Pawn exchange , SATO exchanged the Bishops and dropped it with 14.B*4e after sacrificing the 3rd file Pawn with 13.P-3e . SATO succeeded to make a promoted Bishop . HABU drove away the promoted Bishop and he also made a promoted Bishop .

After some moves , SATO's attacking pieces all driven away and HABU's all attacking pieces became very effective .

MARUYAMA sacrificed his Rook and captured the 2b-Bishop , and he dropped the Bishop with 17.B*4b to continue attacking . KUBO also tried to attack MARUYAMA's camp , however , until 28.G*6f , MARUYAMA seemed to get a great advantage .